Fly-catcher.



J. N. DEAN.

FLY GATGHEB. APPLICATION. FILED NOV. 1a, 1909.

968,237. Patented Aug..23,1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

JOSEPH NORMANTON DEAN, OF STOOKPORT, ENGLAND.

FLY-CATCHER.

Application filed November 13, 1909. Serial No. 527,866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH NORMANTON DEAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Stockport, in the county of Chester, England, manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Fly-Catchers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fly-catching devices of that class consisting of a cardboard or tubular receptacle having located inside or wound upon it, as the case may be, a narrow strip of paper or similar material smeared on one or both sides with a gum or other suitable mucilage, the strip being folded or crimped inside the receptacle or wound upon a spindle, but in all cases its outer end projects through a slit in the receptacle, or in case of being rolled upon a tube is covered by a strip of ordinary paper usually open at the ends of the tube. Devices of this character are defective inasmuch as the gummy substance is liable to liquefy and percolate through the slit during storage or transit, a further defect being that most of the devices have the receptacle containing the strip suspended from the former so that its slitted side is open when in use and consequently conduces to the mucilage running down the strip and dropping off the end when in a heated room.

The object of my invention is to avoid the defects referred to and consists essentially of a cardboard or like receptacle made in one or two pieces permanently sealed at all times, except at one side when in use, a pa per or like strip folded, crimped or rolled and wholly inclosed inside the receptacle, a cord, wire or the like secured to the loose end of the strip adapted to unseal one entire side of the receptacle and to act as a means of suspending the latter and the tape, the ordinary mucilage being contained in the receptacle.

My invention will be fully described wit-h reference to the accompanying drawings, which show one example of the manner in which I carry it out, Figure 1 being a front elevation of the device and Fig. 2 end elevation prior to unsealing, Figs. 3 and 4 similar views with the receptacle unsealed and the paper strip partially withdrawn and stretched out and Figs. 5, 6 and 7 front elevation, end elevation and sectional end elevation respectively, showing the paper strip partly withdrawn and crimped.

In carrying out my invention a represents a cardboard or other receptacle for containing a strip of paper or like material Z). The receptacle is preferably formed from one piece of cardboard which may be provided with pockets 0 which, when the card is bent about its lower edge (Z forms a single receptacle as will be seen more clearly in Fig. 7. I do not confine myself to bending the cardboard about its lower edge, though this is preferable as it forms a perfectly sealed joint at that edge, but on the other hand may bend it from either of the vertical edges 6. Or again two pieces of cardboard may be employed and be suitably connected together permanently. Nor do I confine myself to the particular shape of the receptacle, provided it has a narrow opening or slit through which the fly-paper can be withdrawn. The strip 6 is secured at one end, that is to say, its inner end to the inside of the receptacle and is then crimped or folded and entirely inclosed within the receptacle. Its free end is provided with a cord, wire, tape or the like f secured to it in any suitable manner, but preferably by being passed through an eyeleted hole Instead of folding the strip I may roll it up inside the receptacle and in either case the mucilage is either applied to the strip prior to the latter being placed in the receptacle or while the strip is in the latter. A mucilage is preferably employed which will remain hard when cold and run soft when heated.

In order to seal the receptacle the cardboard may be gummed or sealed with paste or the like applied to its inner faces except at the upper edge, which is left dry, the cord or tape f being led from inside to the corners it. The upper edge 71 of the case is then hermetically sealed by a strip of paper, cloth or like material 7' gummed or pasted over it. Such paper may, if required, extend down the vertical edges 6. By this means the case is absolutely sealed and the mucilage entirely prevented escaping either when the device is in use or during transit or storage.

In order to unseal the device for use the cord or the like f is pulled toward the center of the device from the corners it so cutting the strip of paper j throughout its entire Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 23, 1910. v

length and allowing the strip 2) to be withdrawn as required. The device is suspended from the cord and the strip is withdrawn wholly or partially by pulling the ease downward as required.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a fly-catcher, the combination, with an inclosing ease formed of two sheets secured face to face at their edges, said sheets being provided at their middle parts with pockets which project in opposite directions and a passage being left between the said sheets at the top of the case, of a sheet of fly-paper packed in the said pockets with one end protruding through the said passage.

2. In a fly catcher, the combination, with an inclosing case formed of two sheets secured face to face at their edges, said sheets being provided at their middle parts with pockets which project in opposite directions and a passage being left between the said sheets at the top of the ease, of a sheet of fiy-paper packed in the said pockets with one end protruding through the said'passage, a loop of cord attached to the middle part of the protruding end portion of the sheet, and a closing-strip of paper pasted around the said opening and adapted to be cut through by the said loop in the act of withdrawing the fly-paper.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH NORMANTON DEAN.

\Vitnesses VVILLIAM H. TAYLOR, AMY E. EviNs. 

